A Highly Unusual Florian Light Counter-weight, circa 1900the tear-drop pottery casing tubelined with floral motifs, in two-tones of blue and a gilt collar, to one end there is a circular pulley wheel, and the other end a metal wire loop, with screw apertureTotal height 18cm, screw with 'Regd. No. 308461'

Footnotes

This very rare object is believed to be a counter-weight for a suspended ceiling light, an early example of Moorcroft's belief that the design of useful pieces was as important as producing pieces purely for ornament. It shows the varied range of pieces that James Macintyre & Co manufactured, this piece perhaps being a cross-over between their more utilitarian pieces and the Art Pottery department.

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